The Cybersecurity Engagement Center will bring together technology,
experience and services to support government efforts against
cybercrime while also helping companies and citizens to be more secure.

MEXICO CITY — Feb. 24, 2017 —
To reinforce its commitment to help people, companies and countries
within Latin America to continue their journey towards digital
transformation, Microsoft is launching a Cybersecurity Engagement Center
in Mexico, part of a global initiative to present the company’s unique
perspective on matters of IT security, which is not only the result of
several decades of experience in the development and ongoing improvement
of software, but also of the operation of one of the industry’s most
robust and trustworthy cloud computing platforms.
At Microsoft there is a strong belief that having a fixed stance on
operational security is the starting point, which also implies its
continuous practice. This is made a reality by the company’s goals that
focus on protecting, detecting and responding to security threats.
“At Microsoft, we are committed to invest in the region so we can
bring our cybersecurity capabilities to customers by identifying current
threats that affect the economy’s prosperity. By opening this
Cybersecurity Center, we are offering our clients protection from
attacks and security risks, as well as ways to detect them and find
solutions,” explained Jorge Silva, general manager of Microsoft Mexico.
The center will serve Mexico and other Latin American countries. Some of its functions will include:

Taking advantage of Microsoft’s proactive role in matters of
fighting cybercrime, particularly in the dismantling of criminal
organizations that operate through Botnet schemes

Allowing cybersecurity experts from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin
America to work with Microsoft specialists to fight cybercrime together

Acting as a headquarters for the development of training activities
in order to support the building and strengthening of technical
capabilities; these activities are geared toward authorities and the
public sector

“This new center will work together with Microsoft’s Cybercrime
Center in Redmond, Washington. The objective is to help companies and
governments with security solutions, which help them in their digital
transformation through the international support of the intelligence,
data analysis, avant-garde forensics and legal strategies that we
offer,” added Jean-Philippe Courtois, executive vice president and
president, Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and Operations, during his
visit to the Cybersecurity Center in Mexico City.
In conjunction with the opening of this center, Microsoft is signing
with the Federal Police (in representation of the Mexican government), a
Government Security Program that reinforces the work of carrying out
actions focused on technological research in order to promote IT
security and also to prevent and fight crimes that are committed through
the internet.
The agreement was signed by Manelich Castilla, commissioner general
of the Federal Police, and Jorge Silva, general manager of Microsoft
Mexico. Renato Sales Heredia, national security commissioner of Mexico’s
Secretariat of the Interior, and Jean-Philippe Courtois, executive vice
president and president, Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and
Operations, were present as honorary witnesses.
“By opening this center, we are bringing Microsoft’s offer of
security increasingly closer to customers in order to be a strategic
part of their transformation, and together we will create a country and a
region that are more prosperous and productive, and above all, that are
safer,” concluded Jorge Silva, general manager of Microsoft Mexico.About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and
productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its
mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet
to achieve more.Lead image: Jorge Silva, General Manager of Microsoft Mexico;
Renato Sales Heredia, National Security Commissioner of Mexico’s
Secretariat of the Interior; Jean-Philippe Courtois, Executive Vice
President and President, Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and
Operations; and Alejandra Lagunes, Mexico’s National Digital Strategy
Coordinator.